Antislip fabric



June 30, 1931. l L; 'B-CHlSHOLM 1,811,843

ANTISLIP FABRIC Original Filed July 25. 1929 Patented .lune 30, 1931 .narran `star inten LESTER B. CESEOLM, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERMTANA MILLS COMPANY, OF WATERBUBY, CONNECTICUT, A. CORPORATION i ANTISLIP FABRIC Continuation of application Serial No.'380,869, led July 25, 192,9. This application led May 23, 1930. Serial No. a55,129.

The present application is a continuation of application Serial No., 380,869, filed July 25, 1929, allowed May 3, 1930, and abandoned May 23, 1930.

This invention-relates to improvement in fabrics and particularly to that class of fabrics having strands of rubber or equivalent anti-slip material exposed upon one face to prevent slippage, such for instance as the slippage of the fabric with respect to the clothing, or of the clothing withI respect to the fabric.

The object of this invention is to provide, at a low cost for manufacture, comfortable and attractive anti-slip fabric constructed with particular reference to superior resistance to slippage.

`W ith the foregoing and other obvious ob? jects in View, my invention consists in an anti-slip fabric, either elastic or non-elastic, characterized by interwoven warp and weft strands; and a resilient ribbon of rubber or equivalent anti-slip material folded trans-x versely upon itself and secured to one face of the fabric at spaced intervals by strands eX- tending transversely across the ribbon at spaced intervals; the said folded ribbon and the said strands for holding the saine in place both being positioned to permit one of the folded reaches of the former to bulge outwardly between the said strands to form protuberant and resilient anti-slip pockets.

My invention further consists in an antislip fabric characterized as above andihaving certain other details of construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

ln the accompanying drawings: Q

Fig. 1 is a face view of an anti-slip elastic fabric embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof; Y

Fig. 3 is an enlarged-scale view in transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. l;

Fig. i is a corresponding view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 isran enlarged-scale broken view in longitudinal section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1; an

Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view of one of the ribbons of rubber or other anti-slip material 4shown as versely.

In the elastic fabric or webbing herein chosen for the illustration of my invention, which fabric, kin itself, may be of any approved material, weave and number of plies, but as herein shown comprises a series of spaced-apart rubber or ,other elastic warp strands 10 and a series of non-elastic warp strands 11 of cotton, silk, or other suitable material. The lwarp strands 10 and 11 are bound together in the usual rnanner by weft or filler-picks 12.

At any desired position upon the face of the fabric that it is desired to provide an anti-slip medium, employ a ribbon 13 of rubber or equivalent resilient anti-slip matei-iai, which is transversely folded upon itself, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and Li, to form an inner reach 14 and an outer reach 15. At spaced intervals the said folded ribbon is bound to the fabric by two (more or less) weft or filler-picks 16 and 17, so that the outer reaches 15 of the said folded ribbon bulge outward between the spaced sets of weft or ller-picks 16 and 17 to form a series ofv friction-lips 18 and anti-slip pockets 19, which latter, when engaged with a surface, act virtually asY vacuum cups to prevent slippage. v 2

lin the accompanying drawings l have shown a narrow strip of webbing in which partially folded trans a pair of complementary reversely-folded terial and width, so long as a folded ribbon (one or more) is secured in place at spaced intervals to permit one of its reaches to bulge outward as described. l

In the accompanying drawings, I Ihave the transversely! folded ribbons are incorporated may be of any number of plies -and. any desired ma!" i ribbon and the said strands for holding the same in place both being positioned to permit one'of the folded reaches of the former to bulge outward from the face of the fabric between the said strands to form a series of protuberant and resilient anti-slip pockets.

' 2. An\'antislip fabric comprising interwoven warp and weft strands; and a ribbon of resilient anti-slip material folded transversely upon itself and secured to the fabric parallel with the warp strands thereof by spaced-apart filler-picks, the said ribbon and the said spaced-apart filler-picks both being positioned to permit one of the folded reaches of the former to bulge outward from the face of the fabric between the said filler-picks to form ay series of protuberant and resilient anti-slip pockets. p

' 3. An anti-slip fabric comprising interwoven warp and weft strands; and a pair of complementary ribbons of resilient anti-slip material, each folded transversely upon itself in a direction opposite to its complementary ribbon and secured to the fabric by strands extending transversely across the said ribbons, the said folded ribbons and the said strands'for holding the same in place both being positioned to permit one of the folded reaches of each of they said ribbons to bulge outward from the face of the fabric between thesaid strands to form a series of oppositelyopening protuberant and resilient anti-slip' pockets. f1. An anti-slip fabric comprising interwoven warp and weft strands; and a pair of complementary ribbons of .resilient anti-slip material, each folded transversely upon itself in a direction opposite to its complementary ribbon and secured to the fabric by spacedapart filler-picks, the said folded ribbons and the said ller-picks for holding the same-in place both being positioned to permit one of the folded reaches of each of the said ribbons to bulge outward from the face of the fabric between the said filler-picks to form a series of oppositely-opening protuberant and resilient anti-slip pockets. y

5. An anti-slip elastic fabric comprising elastic and non-elastic warp strands; weft strands interwoven with the said warp strands; and a resilient and elastic ribbon holding the same in place both being positioned to permit one of the folded reaches of the former to bulge outward from the face of the fabric between the said strands to form a series of protuberant and resilient anti-slip pockets.

` 6. An anti-slip elastic fabric comprising elastic and non-elastic warp strands; weft strands interwoven with the said warp strands; and a resilient and elastic ribbon folded transversely upon itself and secured to the fabric parallel with the warp strands thereof by spaced-apart filler-picks, the, said ribbon and the said spaced-apart filler-picks both being positioned to permit one of the folded Areaches of the former to bulge outward from the face of the fabric between the said filler-picks to form a series of protuberant and resilient anti-slip pockets.

7. An anti-slip elastic fabric comprising elastic and non-elastic warp strands; weft strands interwoven with the said warp strands; and a pair of complementary, resilient and elastic ribbons, each folded transversely upon itself in a direction opposite to its complementary ribbon and secured to the fabric by strands extending transversely across the said ribbons, the said folded ribbons and the said strands for holding the same in place both being positioned to permit one of the folded reaches of each of the said ribbons to bulge outward from the face of the fabric between the said strands `to form a series of oppositely-opening protuberant and resilient anti-slip pockets. i

8.v An anti-slip elastic fabric comprising elastic and non-elastic warp strands; weft strands interwoven with the said warp strands; and a pair of complementary elastic ribbons, each folded transversely upon itself in afdirection opposite to its complementary ribbon and secured to the fabric by spacedapart filler-picks, the said folded ribbons and i the said filler-picks for holding the same in place both being positionedto permit one of the folded reaches of each of the said ribbons to bulge outward'from the face of the fabric between the said filler-picks to form a series of oppositely-opening protuberant and resilient anti-slip pockets.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification. .1

LESTER B. CHISHOLM. 

